Patti Lank

Patti Lank
Curler
Born (1964-07-04) July 4, 1964
Midale, Saskatchewan
Team
Curling club Niagara Falls CC, Niagara Falls, ON
Skip Patti Lank
Third Maureen Stolt
Second Anna Bauman
Lead Madisson Lank
Alternate Mackenzie Lank
Career
World Championship
appearances
5 (1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010)

Patti Lank (born July 4, 1964 in Midale, Saskatchewan) is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.

Career

Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to compete in fifteen National Championships. In March 2010 she will compete in her sixteenth US Nationals. Patti Lank has won the United States title five times (1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, and 2011) and competed in the World Championships held in those years.[1]

At her first world championships, held in Berne, Switzerland in 1997, she and her team placed sixth with a 4 - 5 record. She won the silver medal two years later losing to Elisabet Gustafson's Swedish team in the final. 1999 remains her best finish. Patti Lank also placed seventh at the 2002 Worlds and fourth in 2004.

In 2011, Lank and her new team went through the 2011 US Nationals round robin with an 8-1 record, and defeated Allison Pottinger in the final to win the nationals and represent the US at the 2011 Worlds in Esbjerg, Denmark.

Teammates

1997 Berne World Championships

Analissa Johnson, Third

Joni Cotten, Second

Tracy Sachtjen, Lead

Allison Pottinger, Alternate

1999 Saint John World Championships

Erika Brown, Third

Allison Pottinger, Second

Tracy Sachtjen, Lead

Barb Perrella, Alternate

2004 Gävle World Championships

Erika Brown, Third

Nicole Joraanstad, Second

Natalie Nicholson, Lead

Barb Perrella, Alternate

Current Teammates

Caitlin Maroldo, Third

Jessica Schultz, Second

Mackenzie Lank, Lead

Grand Slam record

Lank has not played in a Grand Slam event since the 2011 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic.

Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Autumn Gold DNP DNP DNP DNP Q
Players' Championships DNP DNP Q DNP DNP

Former Events

Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
Manitoba Lotteries DNP DNP DNP Q
Sobeys Slam Q Q N/A Q

References

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